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Jan Van Winckel
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Jan Winckel
Jan Van Winckel, born March 26, 1974, is a Belgian football coach, director of the Belgian Professional Football Coaches and current technical director of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation.
Van Winckel holds a UEFA Pro-license and graduated with a Master of Physical Education and a Master in Business Economics from the University of Leuven. He remains faculty of the Movement Control & Neuroplasticity Research Group.
In 2006, he co-founded TopSportsLab, a spin-off that develops sports science innovations.
Before signing as technical director of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation in 2015, Van Winckel was the assistant of Marcelo Bielsa at Olympique de Marseille.
As Player
1994-1995 : Belgian Champion University football
1996-1997 : Belgian Champion University football
2001-2002 : 7th most valuable player Belgian Futsal Association
2001-2002 : 5th best goal scorer Belgian Futsal Association
2001-2002 : Final Belgian Cup Belgian Futsal Association
As Coach
1994-2000 : Stade Leuven BEL
2000-2002 : KV Mechelen BEL
2002-2004 : Al-Hilal FC KSA
2004-2006 : United Arab Emirates national football team United Arab Emirates
2006 : Swaziland national football team SWZ
2006-2008 : Belgium national football team *Scout BEL
2006-2011 : Club Brugge KV BEL
2011-2012 : Beerschot AC BEL
2014-2015 : Olympique de Marseille FRA
As Technical Director
2012-2014 : Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah) KSA
2015 - : Saudi Arabian Football Federation KSA
Others
2015 - : Asian Football Confederation Member of Expert Panels on Coach Education & Youth Development
2015 - : Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee Member of Mass Participation Committee and High Performance Committee
Honours
1997-1998 : Belgian Champion University football BEL
2000-2002 : KV Mechelen BEL : Winner Belgian League
2002-2005 : Al-Hilal FC KSA : Winner Saudi Crown Prince Cup and Saudi Federation Cup
2005-2006 : United Arab Emirates national football team United Arab Emirates : Qualified for AFC Asian Cup and Gulf Cup of Nations and winner of Kirin Cup
2006 : Swaziland national football team SWZ : Second place COSAFA Cup
2006-2011 : Club Brugge KV BEL : Winner of Belgian Cup
2013-2014 : Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah) KSA : Vice-champion AFC Champions League
2015 - : Saudi Arabian Football Federation KSA : Winner of Gulf Cup